Telecoms group Cable & Wireless will be cutting up to 3,000 jobs in the UK over the next five years.
Job creation and losses
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Retail union Usdaw has called an urgent meeting with Somerfield to discuss the staff implications of the supermarket chain's plans to sell convenience store chain Kwik Save.
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Bank's outsourcing plans could lead to back-room job losses at London offices.
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Minister announces degree of commitment to nursery sector.
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EU waters down cross-border working proposals to allay union fears over jobs.
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Job losses in the manufacturing sector continue upward push on unemployment levels.
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Walkers’ crisp handout rubs salt and vinegar in wounds of redundant staff
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryRedundant staff upset by free crisps gesture.
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Oracle likely to cut jobs at latest software firm acquisition.
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Unions have called a meeting with police officials to raise concerns about the proposed mergers of forces across England and Wales.
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Car manufacturer cuts West Midland workforce after transferring production of Freelander model to Merseyside.
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A pilot project in Glasgow aims to get residents off incapacity benefit by searching the streets for people who could be at work and encouraging them to look for jobs.
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More than 3.3 million jobs have been created in service firms since Labour came to power in 1997, research has claimed.
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Budget hotel group Travelodge has appointed the world’s first director of sleep for £60,000, despite the threat of job cuts in middle management
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Employment in the public sector rose by 72,000 from January to September 2005, compared with an increase of 115,000 the previous year. The largest increases were in health and social work (45,000) and the education sector (25,000)
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Royal Mail is reportedly planning to begin a fresh round of cost-cutting that unions fear may trigger 40,000 job losses and a major switch from full-time to part-time work